By: Bob Carpenter, Secretary     941/629-5238    carp813@comcast.net 

 ¨  BOARD APPROVES 2007-08 NOMINEES: The Nominations Committee recommended and the Board approved the following for the upcoming elections: Sheryl Flavin, President Designate; Gene Murtha, President Elect; and JJ Gerow, Vice-President. For 3 year 2007-2010 Directors, Lee Swift, Dr. John Moss and Robin Lindecamp. Nominations will be taken from the floor today and next Thursday. Elections will be Thursday, April 19 on our Annual Club Meeting/Elections day.

¨  BOY SCOUT FRIENDS OF SCOUTING CAMPAIGN ENDS: We ended our annual fund raiser for the BSA Council and Scout Camp on Mar. 31. Thanks to donations from members and $500 from Youth Services Committee, we raised $7,225 just short of our $7,800 goal. Thanks to all who donated this year, your donations were appreciated.

¨  NEW MEMBER: Please welcome our newest member, Bobby Diehl, sponsored by Sam Harris. Bobby is a retired school teacher, and purchased CC Motorsports Park on Piper Road (Formerly CC Speedway). His wife is Sylvia and he is originally from Tampa. His phone is 575-7223 and e-mail is: fastruckinc@aol.com.

¨  PUNTA GORDA BLOCK PARTY, NEED VOLUNTEERS: Emily Henson is busy organizing this annual fund raiser for our club. Workers who will sell and pour beer, are required to have some basic training. You can attend our April 19 meeting for an early training at 11:00am to Noon, or Wednesday, Apr. 11, at Peace River Distribution at 6:30pm

¨  DIABOLICAL LIST: 40 WHO STILL NEED AN INTERCLUB: Anderson, Biehl, Birch, Craig, Crispin, Denova, DePalma, F. Desguin, Fersner, Fox, Gilreath, Harris, Kays, Klossner, Larkin, Larson, Lazzell, Maggiore, B.Martin, L.Martin, Melton, A.Miller, K.Miller, Mingle, Murtha, Nolan, Pence, Platt, Polk, D. Scott, Scribner, B.Scott, Stublen, Sturges, Swift, L.Taylor, Wadsworth, Walden, Walker, Webb, Wotitzky. Every member is required to attend one interclub a year starting fiscal Oct. 1, 2006. We’ve had 21 years straight of 100% InterClub. Please get your InterClub in before the Aug. 1 deadline. See I/C Chair Margit Sargent for the next one.

¨  DIVISION-18S PRAYER BREAKFAST (INTERCLUB): This annual event will be held Saturday, April 21, 8am at the Port Charlotte Elks Club. This is an INTERCLUB too, so please sign up.

¨  DIV-18S WINE BASKET DRAWING: Our Kiwanis Division is trying to raise funds by selling tickets for $5 each. Sheryl Flavin has tickets for $5 each until May 8. If you’d also like to donate a fine bottle of wine for the basket, please let Sheryl know.

¨  CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER OSCAR DORR OUT OF HOSPITAL: Oscar is home recovering and continues his treatments. He’d like to hear from you. Please call him at 639-2333 or e-mail: pgkphoto@comcast.net he’d love to hear from you. Get well Oscar; see you soon.!

¨  BSA-TROOP-5: Last week, Sam Harris presented a $300 check to the scout troop we sponsor for their work at our recent Kiwanis Kar Show.

 

¨  CLUB PANCAKE DAY: Our annual Pancake Day fundraiser is Saturday, May 5 here at the American Legion. Each member will get 20 tickets to sell. We’ll also need workers that day. Mark your calendar now. See Chef Sam in photo—

¨  DOOR GREETERS: Steve Fabian is the April greeter. May is Ralph Jordan.

¨  ALUMINUM CANS: Members are asked by Community Service to bring aluminum cans for The Peace River Wildlife Center. Please double-bagged cans and put in Dan Garrett’s car.

¨  2008 KIWANIS FAMILY KAR SHOW: Sam Harris says next years show will be Mar. 1, 2008. It’ll be our 3rd annual.

¨  PNM LIST: Did you bring a PNM to lunch? Chair Robin Lindecamp said the next PNM Education Lunch is Tuesday, May 1st, 11:30 a.m. at River City Grille. Applications are needed for Mark Geach (Ginter) and Julius Palmero (Rooney), Rob Hancock (Naylor), and Ed Miller (Hicks). Charles Lee (Carpenter) has submitted his application.

 

¨  TODAY’s PROGRAM: .Jim Carroll, Pre-Paid Legal services.

¨  LAST WEEK: Dr. Cheech Hill on Oriental Medicine.

¨  SPEAKERS: APRIL Chair is Rose Ramsey; Apr. 12, TBA; Apr. 19, Annual Meeting/Elections; Apr. 26, TBA. Speaker Monthly Chairs ahead are: May, Sheryl Falvin; June, Robin Lindecamp; July, Kaley Miller; Aug., Gene Murtha; Sept., Bruce Hughes.

 

¨  BIRTHDAYS LAST WEEK: Vic Desguin.

¨  WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK: Joe Maggiore.

¨  GUESTS: Snowbird Bob Miller, Orono, Maine; BSA-Troop-5’s Dennis Dees, Matt Schmitt, Mike Lambert, Mike Keeney, and PNM Bobby Diehl (Harris) and PNM Charles Lee (Carpenter).

¨  50/50 WINNER: $56, Dan Garrett.

¨  PUNTA GORDA POSTER: Ralph Jordan is chair and has a great gift idea. You can get one at Nolan Family Insurance, Cayo Costa Dental, SunTrust (318 Tamiami Tr./Emily’s office), Bill Martin State Farm Insurance, Peace River Wildlife Center, C.C. Chamber (Punta Gorda Office), P.G. Chamber, and Accurate Accounting (Joan Greene’s office). Local artist Ron Bates donated his 16x24 color poster artwork to our Club as a fund raiser.

¨  CELL PHONES: Community Service is still collecting used cell phones then given to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. They are deprogrammed and can only call directly to 9-1-1. They are given to groups like CARE and distributed to abused women to get help if the need help. Please bring your phone and charger; give to Roger Enger.